Volume III, Chapter 695
The soldiers of the Jin army had never encountered such an 'enemy', and the soldiers in front instinctively put on their shields and set up a shield array, while the soldiers behind raised their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the rushing bison.
The frightening arrow array of the Jin army is so insignificant in front of the bison herd, the arrows are nailed to the bison, not only can not shoot it, but make it more manic, many bison are in the body of a dozen arrows or dozens of arrows before rolling to the ground, after the bison has no chance to stand up again, trampled by the herd behind, and was trampled into meat in an instant.
When the herd of bison rushed in front of the people, the momentum was even more terrifying, the tremor of the ground made it impossible for people to even stand on their feet, and the rumbling gallop beat the heart of every golden soldier like a giant hammer.
At this time, people can also see the bison more clearly, the bison is almost a man tall, the horns on the head are specially tied with sharp knives, and the bison's eyes are red, looking like a monster.
The Jin soldiers who formed a shield array in front of them grinned secretly, their faces covered with sweat, and they involuntarily retreated again and again.
"Bang!"
When the first bison crashed into the camp of the Jin army, two Jin soldiers rose from the ground in an instant, and the two of them flew seven or eight meters away before falling into the crowd like sandbags that had been thrown out.
The speed of the bison did not decrease at all, and it ran into the camp of the Jin army on a rampage, and in the middle of a walk, it attracted screams and wails everywhere, and countless soldiers were trampled to death, trampled and injured.
This is just the power of a bison, and now, there are tens of thousands of bison rushing down from the peaks on both sides, sweeping like a flood, and the misery of the Jin army can be imagined.
Such a large herd of bison is simply not something that can be resisted by manpower, even if Wang Han will command the army again. If you command on the spot again, it is completely useless now, no matter what kind of formation the Jin army puts in, it is impossible to stop the bison's charge.
For a time, the camp of the Hanlin Army outside Xuangu Pass was in chaos, and the bison were raging. People shouted and fled in all directions, and countless casualties were caused by collisions and trampling.
Looking at the soldiers of his own side who had already collapsed, Wang Han couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder he didn't encounter any resistance when he broke through all the way to Xuangu Pass, it turned out that the Yan army had already thought of a countermeasure, and set up a bison formation outside Xuangu Pass.
It was only now that he realized that it was too late, under the charge of the bison, the Jin army suffered heavy casualties, and the entire camp was already in disarray.
"General. The bison is rushing towards this side, the general is quickly dodging!" the guards beside Wang Han suddenly shouted.
Wang Han came back to his senses, he raised his eyes and looked forward, but no, a herd of bison that had rushed into his camp was galloping towards his side, and even the war horses under his crotch were restlessly strolling in place, neighing from time to time.
He looked back subconsciously behind him, behind him. There are still tens of thousands of soldiers besieging the city, if the bison rush over. The soldiers who besieged the city had to be squeezed alive under the walls of Xuangu Pass.
He didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately made a decision and shouted: "Arrange the formation! Block the bison!"
"General-" Hearing his words, the surrounding guards trembled, and the bison had gone mad, so how could a man stop it? It is undoubtedly a mantis arm as a car!
"General, the bison is fierce and only afraid of ...... I'm afraid I can't stop it!"
"If you can't stop it, you have to block it for me! Arrange the formation!" Wang Han stared at the round eyes and shouted to the left and right.
The guards were helpless, and people could only find heavy shields. Harden the shield array.
The able-bodied guards were in front, and the others were in the back, ready to withstand the onslaught of the bison.
"Boom, boom—"
Looking at the herd of bison rushing towards them, how high the dust on the ground was raised, as if a huge tornado was blowing, all the guards did not change color, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.
In the face of the crazy herd of bison, even the underworld warrior would feel powerless, and the armor of ordinary cultivation could not withstand the impact of the bison at all.
"Boom-"
The galloping buffalo finally crashed into the shield that the guards had raised, and in an instant, the shield-wielding guards fell to the ground, and before the people could get up from the ground, the herd of bison had trampled mercilessly over them.
The screams of the people sounded as if they were coming from hell, and the blood sprayed out instantly stained the ground red.
The guards couldn't stop the crazy rush of the bison, and the herd of bison passed through the formation and came straight to Wang Han behind the guards.
Seeing this, even Wang Han, who was so calm, couldn't help but scream, and he wanted to turn the horse's head to get out of the way of the bison herd, but the war horse he stepped off the horse no longer obeyed his command.
The horse hissed and neighed, and its two front hooves were raised high, almost straight up and down.
Wang Han on horseback was unprepared, and was suddenly thrown off his horse and fell to the ground. When he sat up from the ground, he looked up and saw that his horses had fled, and the herd of bison was roaring and rushing towards him.
Wang Han's face turned pale, and he sat on the ground instinctively rubbing back, but where could his speed be faster than the bison, and in the blink of an eye, the bison had already rushed to his approach, and its huge hooves were about to step on him.
It is a great shame to have imagined that he had not died at the hands of the enemy for half his life, but that he would die under the hooves of the bison! Wang Han lamented in his heart, and at the same time clenched his fists, and at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed in front of Wang Han and stubbornly resisted the bison that was coming at him.
The one who came suddenly was not a bystander, it was Lin Haotian who had been withdrawn from the city.
He grabbed the bison's horns with both hands, leaned forward, and used all his strength to block the bison's forward rush, but even with such strength as Lin Haotian, he was still hit by the bison's brute strength and slid backwards again and again, leaving two deep chasms on the ground with his feet.
"Ho-"
Lin Haotian stood up to the bison, roared suddenly, lifted it with one foot, stomped his foot hard, and heard a bang, his entire foot almost stepped into the ground, and his body that was sliding backwards by the bison finally stopped.
He stopped a wild buffalo with wild hair running wildly, which made the surrounding Jin army soldiers dumbfounded, and Wang Han, who was sitting on the ground, was even more dumbfounded, his mouth was so wide open, but he couldn't say a word.
Lin Haotian's hand holding the horns of the bison did not let go. He shouted again, grabbing the bison's horns and screwing it to the ground.
Hearing only a plop, the huge body of the bison fell to the ground in the air, its limbs swayed, struggling and trying to get up from the ground, Lin Haotian stood up as a knife. Aimed at the bison's head and thrust it hard.
"Flutter!"
Although the armor in his hand was not a knife, it was sharper than a knife, and this blow of the knife caused his entire palm to sink into the bison's head, and the bison was killed on the spot.
Lin Haotian didn't delay for a moment, pulled his palm out of the bison's skull, clasped the bison's neck with one hand, grabbed one of the bison's hind legs with the other, and shouted again. Lifted the thousand-pound carcass of the bison above his head, and then looked at the bison behind him and smashed it violently.
"Plop!"
The carcass smashed into the herd of bison, causing several galloping bison to roll to the ground and roll into a ball. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Haotian finally took a breath, turned back to Wang Han who was sitting on the ground and said, "Wang Han, we can't fight this battle. Hurry up and get out of ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, a wild bull came galloping towards him again.
Lin Haotian's eyes narrowed slightly. Hooking a spear on the ground with his toes, he leaned forward with one hand, and pounced, and the bison was hitting the tip of the spear.
The bison's head was pierced on the spot, and Lin Haotian was also affected by its impact. Involuntarily staggered back a few steps, and before he could stabilize his figure, another bison crashed into him.
At this time, Lin Haotian had no weapons in his hands, and there were too many bison, he could knock down one or two. But you can't defeat them all.
Looking at the herd of bison swarming under his feet, Wang Han had palpitations, and couldn't help but shiver, he turned his head to Lin Haotian and said in a trembling voice: "If it weren't for the adults to come to the rescue, I would definitely die under the kick of the cow this time......"
Lin Haotian didn't speak, and he flew in the air to see the form on the battlefield more clearly.
Now, how can the officers and men of the Hanlin Army be described in a tragic word? The battlefield is full of devastation and chaos, there are corpses of the Jin Army everywhere, and there are discarded armor and weapons everywhere, and the Hanlin Army has been completely collapsed.
Lin Haotian's heart was sour, how many soldiers did his side have to suffer casualties in this battle! If he lost the battle in a dignified manner, then it would be fine, but his side was not defeated by the Yan army at all, but lost under the hooves of the bison.
He took Wang Han to a place where the bison rushed over, and after falling from the sky, he slowly let Wang Han go. Looking at the remnants of his defeated army around him, he couldn't help but mutter: "Who set such a vicious trap here......
How much manpower and effort does it take to drive so many bison up the mountain and keep them in captivity, just waiting for the siege of the city to be released from the mountain?
He shook his head secretly, Yan Guo is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, full of talents, and he is still too low in Yan Guo's strength. Thinking of this, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "Wang Han, order...... Withdraw your troops!"
Hearing his words, Wang Han smiled bitterly, where are there still troops to withdraw now, the army of nearly 100,000 people is probably only 18,000 people left, he has fought countless times on the battlefield, but he has never been so badly defeated as today.
After the herd of bison, only corpses and wounded soldiers were left on the ground in the camp of the Hanlin Army, and as far as the eye could see, the corpses on the battlefield were stacked on top of each other, and the wounded soldiers were wriggling on the ground, moaning and screaming in pain.
However, even if the Jin army wants to withdraw its troops now, the Yan army in Xuangu Pass is still unwilling!
After the bison herd rushed through the camp of the Jin army, the gate of Xuangu Pass suddenly opened, and then tens of thousands of cavalry rushed out from the city pass, shouting and screaming and going straight to the remnants of the Hanlin army.
Lin Haotian, who was about to retreat with the army, saw it clearly, and rushed to his head with anger, the Yan army won by luck with intrigue and trickery, and now he dares to chase and kill out of the city, it is really too deceitful.
Lin Haotian's tiger eyes flashed with a terrifying light, and he yelled at Shao Lin beside him: "Shao Lin, give me the Xuantie Halberd!"
Shao Lin hurriedly took down the Xuantie Halberd from his horse, and then carefully handed it over to Lin Haotian. The latter took it, his arm shook, and shook off the scabbard of the Xuantie Han Halberd, and then he pulled a war horse from the guards, jumped up, turned back and said to everyone: "You wait for the army to retreat, and I will come to the palace to stop the enemy!"
"Your Excellency. There are so many soldiers and horses in the enemy, how can you be the queen alone?!" Wang Han walked forward quickly and said urgently.
"Don't be wordy, there's no time, Wang Han, you quickly lead the whole army to retreat! Quick!" Lin Haotian glared at him fiercely. Then, with both feet knocked on the stirrups, he rushed back towards the Yan cavalry who came out of the pass.
There was still a long distance between the two sides, and Lin Haotian had already slashed out the Xuantie Han Halberd in his hand.
The Xuantie Han Halberd drew an arc in the air, and at the same time, several lightning bolts shot out, and before the Yan cavalry on the opposite side could see what was going on, several people screamed and rolled off their horses.
The two sides finally came into contact with each other, and Lin Haotian raised his sword and fell. Split the first Yan cavalry to rush in front of him, with men and horses, in half. Then, he waved his arms, and the edge of the Xuantie Han Halberd drew a series of light in the air, and the surrounding Yan cavalry could be said to die if they were sticky, and they would die when they touched, and the soldiers who fell off their horses were like dumplings, constantly rolling down from their horses.
The sharpness of the Xuantie Halberd was now exerting its power, and the steel armor on the Yan Cavalry's body was like a piece of paper in front of the Xuantie Halberd. It was easily torn apart, and even the stainless steel weapons in their hands could not resist the sharp edge of the Dark Iron Halberd. Under Lin Haotian's sword moves, the Yan cavalry was often cut off along with their weapons.
There were also people among the Yan cavalry who had experienced the battle of Shenchi, and I don't know who shouted: "Xuantie Halberd! That's Xuantie Halberd!"
Before he could finish speaking, a flash of lightning shot into his mouth, and the flame cavalryman's shout came to an abrupt halt, shaking his horse a few times. Fell headlong.
Lin Haotian, who held the Xuantie Halberd, was undoubtedly like a tiger, although the Yan army besieging him was numerous, but no one could hurt him, but the Yan army that died under the Xuantie Halberd had more than hundreds of people. It can be said that at this time, Lin Haotian completely single-handedly blocked the tens of thousands of Yan cavalry.
Seeing that Lin Haotian was fierce, the soldiers of the Yan Army were also afraid. He didn't dare to blindly rush forward anymore, and turned his horse's head one by one, wanting to detour from both sides of Lin Haotian.
After all, Lin Haotian was only one person, and it was impossible to block so many Yan cavalry, just as he was rushing left and right in the Yan army camp to buy time for his own retreat as much as possible, Shao Lin and Tong Lei rushed over with a large group of guards.
Both sides were cavalry, and there was no superfluous nonsense after the meeting, and the battle was immediately in one place.
Although the guards were few, they were all elite, and most of them were underworld warriors, and as soon as the two sides met, dozens of Yan cavalry were picked off their horses.
One Lin Haotian is enough for the Yan cavalry to drink a pot, and now Shao Lin and Tong Lei have brought so many guards, and the morale of the Yan cavalry has been quickly suppressed, just at this time, the gong sounded on the head of the city, and the Yan cavalry turned around one after another and quickly retreated to Xuangu Pass.
Looking at the retreating backs of the Yan cavalry, Lin Haotian sighed, then looked at Shao Lin and Tong Lei, and asked, "Why are you here?"
"It was General Wang Han who sent us to pick up your lordship!" Shao Lin said.
"If you do this more, what can you do with just a few Yan Army?!" Lin Haotian shook off the blood stains on the Xuantie Han Halberd nonchalantly, and then handed it to Shao Lin.
He looked at the battlefield around him, and then looked back at Xuangu Pass, his eyes were deep, and he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Today's revenge will be avenged tomorrow!"
Don't look at this time suffered a big loss, the Hanlin Army was almost wiped out, but Lin Haotian still has hope, after all, there are three legions of the First Legion, the Second Legion and the Fourth Legion behind, and after he joins these three legions, he will make a comeback, and he will definitely be able to take Xuangu Pass in one breath and avenge today's one-arrow revenge.
He took Shao Lin, Tong Lei and others to catch up with the remnants of the Hanlin Army and retreated with the army, and this retreat was thirty miles.
Thirty miles away, Lin Haotian ordered the whole army to rest in place, and then counted the number of people.
Now, the Hanlin Army is too miserable, there are only about 20,000 people left in the whole army, and more than half of them are wounded, and those who really have combat effectiveness are probably less than 10,000.
With an army of nearly 100,000 people, the mood of the people can be imagined.
At this time, the whole army was lifeless, there was not even a person to speak, and the soldiers sat on the ground, leaving only the strength to breathe.
The defeat of the Jin army outside the Xuangu Pass can be described as a complete defeat and a mess, the Hanlin army was almost wiped out, and only about 20,000 soldiers of 80,000 soldiers were withdrawn in the end.
The morale of the soldiers of the Hanlin Army was low, and Lin Haotian's mood was even worse, he thought that a battle would be nine out of ten, who would have thought that it would be fought to such a point, and most of the tens of thousands of soldiers died tragically under the hooves of the bison without even seeing the shadow of the enemy.
However, Lin Haotian couldn't show any discouragement, if even he became depressed, the soldiers below would have no hope, he cheered up, looked around at the soldiers, and finally, his eyes fell on Wang Han.
Lin Haotian stood up, walked up to Wang Han, and said: "Don't be discouraged, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, although we lost this time, but next time we will definitely be able to capture Xuangu Pass!"
Wang Han smiled bitterly when he heard this, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and what he said was right, but this time the defeat was too miserable, and the Hanlin Army that he had painstakingly managed was almost wiped out outside the Xuangu Pass, how many familiar faces he would never see in the future, and how many brothers who were as close as brothers and sisters spilled blood on the battlefield, and the sacrifice was worthless.
He hung his head and was silent.
Seeing this, Lin Haotian's face was full of embarrassment, and he said: "Wang Han, the responsibility for the defeat of this battle is not yours, it is all on me, if it weren't for my eagerness to succeed and underestimate the enemy's rash advance, today, there would not be this big defeat." ”
What's the use of talking about this now?! Wang Han sighed in his heart, he stood up, bowed to Lin Haotian, and said: "The last general, as the commander of the Hanlin army, will not escape the blame for today's defeat, and please ask your lord to surrender!"
Wang Han is not a person who shirks responsibility, he will definitely bear what he should bear, and he will try his best to bear what he should not bear, after all, taking all the blame on himself is also conducive to the prestige of the adults in the army.
Lin Haotian didn't care about this, in fact, the responsibility was indeed on him alone, Wang Han had advised him to fight steadily and steadily, not to rush forward, but he didn't listen, and it was no wonder that others were defeated today. He patted Wang Han's arm and said, "You are right, you should be punished, and I should be punished." ”
"My lord......" Wang Han was startled.
Lin Haotian waved his hand and said quietly: "It's me who underestimated Yan Ren too much, thinking that Yin Ji died suddenly, and Yan Guo would be in chaos for at least a while, but I didn't expect that Yan Guo still deployed heavy troops here in Shuangtang County." ”
It's just that there is no point in worrying about these things now, and he changed his words and asked, "My lord, where should we go now?"
Lin Haotian pondered for a moment and said: "Let's temporarily withdraw to Baipi City! First, our army can temporarily repair there, and second, we can wait for our main army to catch up, and at that time, we will regroup and fight to the death with the Yan army in Xuangu Pass!"
Wang Han thought about it, nodded, and sighed lightly: "That's the only way." (To be continued......)